OT-356-B Porsche w/Covair & Auto Trans., Interesting P-Car in the Neighborhood Options

[TJB/914]

Hi Guys.

Another interesting car turned up at the local Cruse-In today. How about this 1961 356-B Cpe with a 140 Hp. Covair Engine with Auto Trans.

The owner did the work back in the late 60's and really bastardized this car. I like it. It has the Hot Rod look with those big tires. The old timer was really proud of the conversion. He did everything himself to annoy the Porsche crowd.

Here are about (5) pictures to enjoy.

Tom

[davep]

A good friend of mine called me up one time. He found the remains of an interesting car. The story was that Porsche had taken a Corvair turbo motor and adapted it to a 365B. It wound up in the hands of a Canadian military person in Germany. When he returned from Germany he brought the car back with him. Unfortunately, the dock workers dropped the car on one end (happened to Porsche #1 as well I recall). All that remained when I saw it was the engine and 356B tranny/axles/brakes. An attempt had been made to stuff it into a kit car body. The work done to adapt the engine to the tranny and the fuel lines looked professional. The exhaust manifolds on the engine were, to my eye, extremely restrictive.